On the spot: Le Fondre (left) has been in exceptional for so far this season

And he bettered that scoring twice within seven minutes of coming on in the 70th minute against Newcastle with the side 1-0 down on Saturday.

The former Rotherham and Rochdale forward was a regular in Reading's side last season and his goals helped fire them to promotion. But he has slipped down the pecking order since Pavel Pogrebnyak arrived in the summer.